Creative process Quote by Wayne Shorter

I think of jazz as being homage through innovation. Don't quote that as a definition, but it comes pretty close.

— Kurt Elling

Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and components.

— Dianne Reeves

To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.

— Bill Frisell

The main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing.

— Eldar Djangirov

Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.

— Pat Metheny

I think jazz is the foundation for a lot of great musicians, and then after that, you know, it's this broad expression of things…

— Dianne Reeves

Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively.

— Mulgrew Miller

Jazz can be a blank canvas full of possibilities.

— Barbara Januszkiewicz

Jazz is a beautiful word. I love it.

— Dexter Gordon

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

— Henri Matisse

That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul.

— Billy Crystal

Jazz is improvisation and syncopation, with resilience and flow, with earthy elegance, nuance and subtlety, with the integrity of individual expression within (usually) a…

— Greg Thomas